Sisyphus The finally-released Sufjan Stevens trip-hop collaboration with Son Lux and Serengeti.  My first listens were at times sweet, at times infuriating, but always interesting.     http://sisyphus.bandcamp.com/album/sisyphus

here's the end of my "R"s Ru-Ry   Ruxpin hasn't been mentioned, at least recently.  IDM, electronica, downbeat     rykard, channeling his inner BoC.  the entire album "Arrive the Radio Beacon" is excellent  

A Sunny Day in Glasgow can be a bit all over the place at times, but much of that is spent in some shoegaze turf.  A bit of Lush, some MBV and a few others thrown in for measures. This is from Ashes Grammar.  

EMM Labs is no longer making the CDSA, but if you can find one on the used market and live with its limitations (it does not accept a USB input so if you want to use a PC through the internal DAC, you'll need a decent quality card with appropriate outputs), it is truly a remarkable machine for a...

Ummm, you're the one who said yours started to dislodge with a yawn.  Nothing to do with screaming, it's about jaw movement and the subsequent effect on the shape of the ear canal.   Whatever, if you want to be contrary for the sake of being a rebel and going against what professionals...

You've actually stated the reason why all performers and most audiologists recommend using a bite-block to keep your mouth open when getting impressions done: any movement of the jaw (talking, eating, singing) while wearing the monitors will cause it to dislodge if the impression was taken in a...

 

Took delivery of my Vision Ears Stage 4s a few weeks back and have been getting familiar with them.   Similarities with References My previous reference are ACS T1s, and in my set up, the Stage 4s are cut from a very similar cloth, sound-wise.  Like the Stage 4s, the T1s have a broadly...

Wow.  Completely unacceptable on the part of Jaben. Shipping an expensive component like that through the mail without any kind of tracking service? Which also means there's likely no shipping insurance either.  At least you got a response from ACS, which is more than I received.  Still, just...

This combo of Jaben and ACS seems to have some flaws recently.   If you can go to Jaben, ask to see the shipping receipt for when your T2s went out.  They may have waited to ship yours in order to consolidated your returns with impressions or other repairs from other customers to save on...

Obviously a huge difference between the two types of set ups.  20.7s will eat up a lot of space if you place them a third of the way into the room as recommended.  Alternately, if you go with Mini-Maggies, as mentioned above I would ensure better low frequency with 2 DWM panels.  Balance within...

To update: Adam and I did go back and forth a bit.  No real solution (and unfair to expect one since he's working remotely and from another country!) , but he recommend purchasing an active dehumidifier unit.  To be honest, I just don't think the issues I had were water related.  Seemed much...

  You must've missed Sony committing a few weeks ago to begin putting their back catalog out on DSD to support their launch of 3 new DSD players, two of which will be < $1k.     Definitely wait and see how quickly this will take root, but industry momentum has been building quietly for a...

I loved the soundstage put up by the Aesthetix Pandora/Romulus  (Pandora is the standalone DAC; Romulus is the CD Player based on the Pandora DAC).  It's similar to the AMR in that it's a tube/transistor hybrid, but in the context of my system, it offered a much much wider stage and deeper one...

Glad you're enjoying the DP-777.   I previously owned the AMR CD-77 which is the one-box version of the DP-777 DAC with a transport.  About a year back I did a comparison here on Head Fi of the CD-77 with several high-end DACs and it held its own against some very well rated competition.  In...

am i not reading this thread correctly? did you order the T1s in february 2013 or a year ago? you've got a good 6 month difference in what you posted a few pages back and what you're saying here.  frankly i would expect a minimum of a year plus of good service under normal conditions, likely...

Once you get above a few thousand tracks, you gotta have some kind of system otherwise, you'll never find anything!  And relying on any online tagging database system? Therein lies madness.   For non-classical, it's pretty easy:  Artist => Album => Disc # => Track #.  Compilations and...

Good advice, and really, thanks.  Will give it a try.  Still no response from my direct email, which is disappointing.  Every one's happy and responsive when the emails are positive and laudatory, but when there's an issue?  *crickets*

Hey all,   I have been happy with the fit and sound quality of my T1s since I got them in Dec of 2011, but I am more than a bit disappointed in their reliability.   I just had mine returned back to me to have them completely rebuilt for the 2nd time after purchasing them. In December of...

Honestly dude, I'm not even reading this wall o' text you insist on spewing.   If you can't understand the word "own" or use it correctly from one post to the next, then I don't know what you think we could possibly have to discuss. To wit: "audition" does not mean "own" like you seem to think...

    Some truth right there!  Good stuff.  Gear older than many of the attendees that measures up to the fancy new stuff.  Wharfdales are so cool , Uncle didn't need aircon.   Quote:   Ah, Murphy's Law my friend! Anything that can go wrong will...  More parts means more challenges.  2...

Quote:   Ah, so when you say you've "owned" pieces, you've never actually invested your money so you haven't "owned" them.  Gotcha, Mr. Clinton.   Honestly, I got to here and stopped reading, because it's very clear that you cannot communicate effectively or honestly. You use words...

Ah hahahaha. I always love the thinly veiled Courtier's reply "I have so much experience, so let me tell you what you meant..." .   You're repeating the same "high end audio is dying" cliches that I have heard and read since the '80s.  Yep, any day now it will drop ...   Your Quote:  ...

Quote: I don't really understand your complaint here.  You realize at this level of equipment, people are not buying things unheard, don't you?  Any dealer selling these pieces is going to have an in-home audition with your equipment for you to listen to before you would purchase it.  If...

Maybe it says more about you that you seem to hang out with oblivious people who continually do things you don't like? For example: people who repeatedly make threads in a music forum that have nothing to do with actually listening to music might really be aggravating to some people, you know...